Computer failure causes train chaos for south Luxembourg

A breakdown at a Luxembourg railway junction resulted in the train network for the entire south of the country coming to a complete standstill on Wednesday morning.

31.10.2012

(ADW) A breakdown at a Luxembourg railway junction resulted in the train network for the entire south of the country coming to a complete standstill on Wednesday morning. The cause, according CFL was a computer failure.

It was between 10am and 11.30am on the route between Luxembourg City and Esch-sur-Alzette as well as the busy Luxembourg -Thionville route, when everything went dead.

"A computer responsible for rail traffic in the south stopped working" was the message that came from the CFL support centre. The fault also caused delays and cancellations on northern routes due to trains stuck in Luxembourg City.

CFL then took the decision to begin drafting in buses to transport passengers. Everything began working again at 11.30am, but rail traffic took a lot longer to reach normality and the effects of the fault could be felt into the the afternoon.